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Contractor killed in blast at Aberdeen lab

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — A contractor died in an explosion and fire Saturday at a laboratory in the Edgewood area of the installation, Aberdeen Proving Ground officials said.

The proving ground’s fire department responded to a fire alarm and 911 call from the Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense laboratory facility about 3 p.m. Saturday. The fire was quickly extinguished, but firefighters found the man dead, according to Aberbeen spokesman George Mercer.

Other workers were in the building at the time of the fire, but none was injured, Mercer said. He added that there is no threat to the rest of the post or the surrounding community.

The incident is under investigation.